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{
"term": "deem",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "deem",
"heSheIt": "deems"
},
"pastSimple": "deemed",
"pastParticiple": "deemed",
"ingForm": "deeming"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have a particular opinion about somebody/something",
"sensetop": "deem somebody/something + noundeem somebody/something + adj.deem somebody/something to be somethingdeem (that)…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The evening was deemed a great success.",
"contextForm": "deem somebody/something + noun"
},
{
"text": "She **deemed it** prudent not to say anything.",
"contextForm": "deem somebody/something + adj."
},
{
"text": "I deem it an honour to be invited."
},
{
"text": "They would take any action **deemed necessary**."
},
{
"text": "The strike was deemed to be illegal.",
"contextForm": "deem somebody/something to be something"
},
{
"text": "Inspectors deemed that the standard of teaching was unsatisfactory.",
"contextForm": "deem (that)…"
}
],
"synonyms": "consider",
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/diːm/",
"audio": "de/deem/deem__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/diːmz/",
"audio": "de/deem/deems__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/diːmd/",
"audio": "de/deem/deemed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdiːmɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/deem/deeming__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/diːm/",
"audio": "de/deem/deem__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/diːmz/",
"audio": "de/deem/deems__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/diːmd/",
"audio": "de/deem/deemed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdiːmɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/deem/deeming__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English dēman (also in the sense ‘act as judge’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doeman, also to doom."
}